Teaching Climate

Topics

Climate System (294)

Global Energy Balance (10)

Orbital Cycles (14)

Long-term Cycles (3)

Seasons (9)

Solar Radiation (5)

Atmospheric Composition (20)

Greenhouse Gases (12)

Aerosols (0)

Evolution of Atmosphere (0)

Greenhouse Effect (33)

Atmospheric Circulation (7)

Hadley Cells (0)

Coreolis Effect (0)

Ocean and Climate (50)

Heat Capacity of Water (5)

Thermohaline Circulation (10)

Thermal Expansion (5)

Climate Feedbacks (40)

Albedo (19)

Deforestation (4)

Water Cycle (22)

Carbon Cycle (35)

Biogeochemical Processes (13)

Sources and Sinks (8)

Regional Climates (15)

Climate Compared to Weather (12)

Causes of Climate Change (79)

Cyclical and Natural Changes (15)

El Nino, La Nina, ENSO (2)

Other Oscillations (0)

Volcanic Eruptions (0)

Solar Output Variability (0)

Seasonal Variability (0)

Long-term Variability (0)

Anthropogenic Changes (47)

Greenhouse Gas Emissions (14)

Land Use Changes (5)

Measuring and Modeling Climate (145)

Climate Data (127)

Measurements and Observations (106)

Proxy Data (4)

Paleoclimate Records (1)

Global Climate Modeling (5)

Climate Projections (1)

Climate Reconstructions (0)

Scenario Development (0)

Human Responses to Climate (56)

Mitigation Strategies (41)

Emissions Reduction (14)

Carbon-free Energy (6)

Land Use Changes (5)

Carbon Capture and Storage (0)

Adaptation Strategies (2)

Retrofitting Infrastructure (0)

New Infrastructure (0)

Social Innovation (0)

Risk Management (0)

Personal Responsibility (7)

Nature of Climate Science (2)

Process of Science (1)

Common Misconceptions (0)

Energy Use (65)

Carbon Capture and Storage (0)

Fossil Fuels (10)

Nuclear Energy (2)

Solar Energy (13)

Wind Energy (10)

Other Alternatives (13)

Efficiency and Conservation (4)

Usage Trends (4)

Energy Policy (1)

Energy Infrastructure (2)

Climate Impacts (74)

Sea Level Rise (15)

Extreme Weather (17)

Heavy Precipitation/Floods (4)

Heat Waves (3)

Drought (2)

Hurricanes and Storms (1)

Ecosystem Changes (11)

Plants and Animals (6)

Melting Ice and Permafrost (5)

Ocean Warming / Acidification (0)

Availability of Water Resources (6)

Drought (2)

Agricultural Changes / Food Security (5)

National Security (0)

Public Health (6)

Economic Impacts (0)

Grade Level

Primary (K-2) (0)

Intermediate (3-5) (1)

Middle (6-8) (3)

High School (9-12) (4)

College Lower (13-14) (2)

College Upper (15-16) (1)

Graduate/Professional (0)

Informal Education (0)

Climate Literacy Principles

Humans can take action (4)

GP a Climate science improves informed policy and decision-making (1)

GP b Reducing human vulnerability to and impacts on climate requires multi-disciplinary, integrated understanding (1)

GP c Climate change affects national security (1)

GP d Greenhouse gas reduction and carbon dioxide sequestration to mitigate climate change (0)

GP e Strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emission (energy conservation, renewable energies, change in energy use) (0)

GP f Strategies of human adaptation to climate change (1)

GP g Actions taken by different levels of society can mitigate climate change and increase preparedness for current and future generations (0)

Sun is primary energy (1)

1 a Sunlight warms the planet (0)

1 b Earth's Energy balance (0)

1 c Axial tilt of Earth governs incoming sunlight and seasonality (0)

1 d Milankovitch/orbital cycle (0)

1 e Solar variability has no significant impact on Earth's current warming (0)

Climate is complex (0)

Life affects climate; climate affects life (5)

3 a Climate's role in habitats ranges and adaptation of species to climate changes (4)

3 b The Greenhouse effect supports the water cycle and makes life possible (0)

3 c Climate impacts ecosystems and past species extinctions (0)

3 d Holocene is unusually stable – human infrastructure vulnerable to change (0)

3 e Biosphere drives the global carbon cycle (0)

Climate is variable (0)

Our understanding of climate (0)

Humans affect climate (0)

Climate change has consequences (1)

7 a Sea level rise and resulting impacts is due to melting ice and thermal expansion and increases the risk (0)

7 b Effects of climate change on water cycle and freshwater availability (0)

7 c Increased extreme weather events due to climate change (0)

7 d Increased acidity of oceans and negative impacts on food chain due to increasing carbon dioxide levels (1)

7 e Ecosystems on land and in the ocean have been and will continue to be disturbed by climate change (0)

7 f Human health and well-being will be affected to different degrees from the impacts from climate change (0)

Energy Literacy Principles

Energy affects quality of life (0)

Energy is a physical quantity (0)

Physical processes on Earth are the result of energy flow (0)

Biological processes depend on energy flow (2)

3.1 The Sun is major source of energy for organisms and ecosystems (1)

3.2 Food is a biofuel (0)

3.3 Continual input of energy is needed (0)

3.4 Energy flows through food webs (0)

3.5 Ecosystems are affected by availability of energy. (1)

3.6 Humans live within Earth's ecosystems. (0)

Various sources of energy are used to power human activities (0)

Energy decisions are influenced by several factors (0)

Human use of energy (0)